Tonight these guys showed up to spend the night because they missed a
ferry.  They had 3 big dogs with them, and I said, let them out to say
hello to Holly, because Holly and I know these dogs.  But Tweaker had
never met them.

When I opened the door, he was standing there, and I paused for a
second too long, and all these dogs came bounding in the house.  Of
course it was not what I wanted, because I have no clue what these
dogs are like around cats.

But Tweaker did not miss a beat.  One of the strange dogs sniffed him,
and Tweaker reached up to touch his nose.  Then other two said hello
with not more than a fleeting sniff.  Then they all ran around the
living room and acted like animals who are excited because they are
all together.  Tweaker chased at their tails, and they all got along
comfortably from the first second.  

I have never seen anything like it.  The guys were flabbergasted too.
I don't know how Tweaker survived as a barn cat.  Of course he and
Holly are friends, and he looks to her for protection, but in a
situation like this it could come a second too late.

Charlie